I'm pulling what little hair I have left in my head planning KRLX's news coverage for election night. Yikes! KRLX first produced an election special in the fall of 2006, my sophomore year. Although I know much more about news production some two years later, I'm still quite scared of the challenge before me...

This week's post serves as an opportunity to reflect on my new campus job with the Office of Intercultural Life. The office's mission is to provide programming that fosters intercultural dialogue in the service of greater cross-cultural awareness, empathy, mutual respect, tolerance, and recognition of students from different ethnic, racial, cultural, and class backgrounds. Enjoy.

I write you from one of the many computer labs on campus where I'm surrounded by a fort of books on the Newark and Detroit Race Riots of 1967, and complementary texts outlining the history of the African American press throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Can you guess which monumental journey on which I'm preparing to embark...

I'll assume that you've immersed yourself in news about the global financial crisis. As news director at KRLX, Carleton's student-run radio station, it's my job to break down this monstrosity of a story into news that gets to the core of the issue.

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Greetings, gang. I'm Brandon Walker, a senior History major from New Orleans, Louisiana. My Carleton journey has been a colorful one, to say the least. From long-lasting friendships with some of the most intelligent folks I've ever met, to colorful sweaters (I like clothes), this has truly been an invaluable experience. Each week, I'll walk you through some of my many adventures. It is my hope that you get the most out of my posts.